Part-Time Marketing/Communications Specialist

Job Description And Position Requirements

The Penn State Athletics Strategic Communications & Social Media Department is seeking highly motivated prospective and current Penn State students who are interested in gaining experience in athletics media relations, communications, public relations, social media and content capture/generation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Dependable, can easily work independently and as a member of a team
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and desktop publishing programs (Adobe Creative Suite) preferred but not required
• Familiarity with Associated Press (AP) style preferred
• Experience in multiple forms of social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X) preferred but not required
• Prior experience in photography, videography, graphic design and editing preferred but not required

Student Assistant Responsibilities

• Recording statistics
• Assisting the media
• Transcribing and editing postgame press conferences
• Assisting in the management of team-specific and departmental social media accounts
• Researching and contributing written feature stories and other press releases to GoPSUsports.com
• Attending team practices to capture student-athlete centric content
• Telling the story of Nittany Lion student-athletes through written, digital, and social media communication

Levels of Student Assistants

Level One | Strategic Communications

• Providing statistical support during events
• Capturing in-game video or photograph content to support team social media channels
• Assisting members of the media
• Transcribing and editing weekly or postgame press conferences
• Assisting on research projects
• Attending practices to capture student-athlete centric social media content for team-specific channels

Level One | Social Media

• Capturing photographs and videos at Nittany Lion home athletics events to support the GoPSUsports and West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium social media channels
• Editing, organizing and properly tagging photographs and videos captured
• Attending select special events outside of intercollegiate athletics contests to provide social media support

Level Two | Strategic Communications

• Generating feature content, photo, video and other unique coverage for GoPSUsports.com, the official website of Penn State Athletics, and team social channels
• Producing online team record books, news releases and feature stories
• Responding to media requests
• Facilitating social media in line with department goals
• Staffing home events and providing remote coverage of away events
• Supervising other event support personnel

Background Checks/Clearances

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